Cool Boresnake Story!

Howdy,

Please note, I am not asking if the Boresnake is a good accessory or claiming it's the best or anything like that. I have used them over the years but use old fashioned cleaning rods just as much...

I was cleaning a new barrel that seems to be full of some kind of "gunk," for lack of a better word. It was new, so I expected to clean out the usual assembly/storage oil most firearms ship with. I ran a wet patch down the bore (Hoppe's) and it came out black. A few more dry patches, grayish-black. I waited a while, then ran a patch with Clenzoil on it. I took a look down the bore and it was shinier, but I still saw lots of this gunk. I was confident it wasn't rust, since barrel is nitride treated and I saw no brown or red color on the patches. Next, I used a bore brush with Clenzoil. I followed that with a dry patch and took a look- still lots of gunk.

I was gonna stop there, since I've had old firearms with various visual abnormalities in the bore that shot just fine. But before giving up, I suddenly wondered, "Would a Boresnake do any better?" So i took out the Boresnake, wet the lead and brush section with Clenzoil, and sent her in.

And guess what! The bore is clean! No more mysterious gunk.

So, as I said, I'm not trying to convince anyone Boresnakes are the best, etc. But I was amazed at this little unexpected test and had to share it with my forum buddies.

Shoot straight and be safe!